The Diary of Sonsy Lass - Rounding the Sole of Italy

Rounding the Sole of Italy

The Diary of Sonsy Lass

Alex & June Laidlaw

Mon 29 Jul 2013 05:50

38:19.407N 16.25.403E We came across the arch without any problems and even managed to get s good sail for a while but the winds died and then as usual its on with the engine. We are told this area is rife with Mafiosi, so when we anchored in a lovely bay just on the sole of the foot, we were conscious of all the swimmers and boats coming close. However after a few drinks and a meal we slept like logs.

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2016

Nov 2016

Sat 5 Nov 20:00
- Cooper Island

2015

May 2015

Sat 16 May 19:35
- Marina Cay, BVI
Tue 12 May 18:57
- Back in the BVI's
Mon 4 May 16:55
- Isla Culebra, Spanish Virgin Islands
Sat 2 May 17:31
- St Thomas USVI

Feb 2015

Fri 13 Feb 19:38
- Arriving in the BVI's
Sat 7 Feb 18:09
- Anguilla
Mon 2 Feb 21:28
- Stacia

2014

Dec 2014

Wed 3 Dec 14:53
- Beautiful Guadaloupe

May 2014

Fri 23 May 18:03
- Safely back in Antigua
Sun 18 May 15:49
- Marigot, St Martins
Tue 6 May 22:17
- Hi From St St Eustatius (Statia)
Fri 2 May 18:47
- Still in Jolly Harbour

Apr 2014

Sat 26 Apr 22:02
- Dickenson Bay
Wed 16 Apr 14:21
- Hi from Antigua

Mar 2014

Fri 14 Mar 21:25
- More pics from St Barts
- From a very chic St Barts
Thu 13 Mar 19:19
- St Kitts
Mon 10 Mar 22:59
- Hi from Nevis
Fri 7 Mar 11:43
- English Harbour
Tue 4 Mar 14:24
- Deshais, Guadeloupe
Sat 1 Mar 19:19
- The Saintes (France)

Feb 2014

Thu 27 Feb 21:41
- Dominica
Tue 25 Feb 22:01
- St Pierre, Martinique
- Enjoying a little bit of France
Sat 22 Feb 00:07
- Finally in Martinique
Thu 20 Feb 15:58
- New Dinghy
Mon 10 Feb 13:08
- Stuck in Rodney Bay - yet again
Fri 7 Feb 21:50
- In Rodney Bay for a shedload of repairs
Wed 5 Feb 23:53
- Cumberland Bay, St Vincent
Tue 4 Feb 22:34
- Bequia
Sun 2 Feb 21:29
- Mayraeu Island

Jan 2014

Fri 31 Jan 19:01
- STILL IN UNION
Thu 30 Jan 22:28
- Arrived in Union Island
Sun 26 Jan 20:47
- Mustique, Grenadines
Tue 21 Jan 22:32
- St Vincent
Sun 19 Jan 20:25
- Sonsy Lass on the move again

2013

Dec 2013

Sun 22 Dec 15:28
- Now back in a cold, wet and miserable Cardiff!
Sun 8 Dec 21:11
- Rum Punchs
Fri 6 Dec 02:15
- Of pirates and punch
Wed 4 Dec 20:49
- Final, Final Point
- Almost there
Mon 2 Dec 20:57
- 352nm to go!!!
Sun 1 Dec 21:28
- Another milestone

Nov 2013

Fri 29 Nov 20:37
- A day for Suduko - the hare and the tortoise, a draw.
Thu 28 Nov 20:20
- A Life on the Ocean Wave!
Wed 27 Nov 20:02
- 999 miles to go
Tue 26 Nov 21:16
- In the doldrums
Mon 25 Nov 20:48
- Nearly halfway
Sun 24 Nov 20:18
- A rather quiet day
Sat 23 Nov 19:09
- Elle Dorado
Fri 22 Nov 18:49
- Yet another one got away.
Thu 21 Nov 17:47
- A very eventful day
Wed 20 Nov 19:11
- ON our way
Tue 19 Nov 13:31
- cape verdes
Sat 16 Nov 18:13
- In the tropics !
Fri 15 Nov 12:53
- 82nm to go
Thu 14 Nov 10:42
- Only 250 NM To Go
Wed 13 Nov 10:11
- Celebration for the half way mark.
Tue 12 Nov 12:17
- 300 miles down
Mon 11 Nov 08:55
- First 140 NM
Sun 10 Nov 11:10
- T-2 Hours
Sat 9 Nov 11:03
- The Final Countdown
Thu 7 Nov 10:08
- The morning after the night before
Wed 6 Nov 08:25
- 5 days to go
Tue 5 Nov 17:48
- Fwd: 6 Days till to the off

Oct 2013

Thu 10 Oct 09:00
- Another Milestone - Arrival in Gran Canaria
Mon 7 Oct 09:58
- Can almost see Lanzarotte
Sat 5 Oct 15:36
- Almost Half Way to Gran Canaria
Fri 4 Oct 08:29
- Motor sailing down the coast of Africa
Thu 3 Oct 14:31
- Left Gibraltar for Gran Canaria

Sep 2013

Wed 11 Sep 06:29
- At last we can see the rock of Gibraltar
Tue 10 Sep 18:19
- At last a rest
Mon 9 Sep 17:15
- Going further down the coast of Spain
- Going along the coast of Spain
Sun 8 Sep 19:59
- Spanish Mainland
Sat 7 Sep 16:57
- Stop off in Ibaza
- Leaving Mallorca
Mon 2 Sep 11:39
- At Last Palma

Aug 2013

Fri 30 Aug 11:18
- Arrived Menorca
- Goodbye Sardinia
Thu 29 Aug 06:58
- Leaving for Palma, Mallorca
Sat 24 Aug 15:39
- the Madallena archpeligo
Tue 20 Aug 14:51
- Back in Italian waters
Mon 19 Aug 14:43
- Another try for Bonifacio, Corsica
Sun 18 Aug 14:30
- Trip to Corsica
Sat 17 Aug 15:58
- Calma Spalmatore, Maddalena Island, off Sardinia
Fri 16 Aug 15:49
- Very expensive Porto Cervo
Tue 13 Aug 15:45
- Olbia for a crew change
Sat 10 Aug 16:14
- Cala di Volpi, Costa Smeralda
- Brandingi Bay near Olbia
Fri 9 Aug 06:24
- La Caletta, Sardinia
Thu 8 Aug 07:19
- Arbatax, Sardinia
Wed 7 Aug 08:31
- Another beautiful bay in Sardinia
Mon 5 Aug 14:11
- Arrived in Sardinia
Sun 4 Aug 05:39
- Last stop in Sicily
Fri 2 Aug 15:35
- Back in Sicily
Thu 1 Aug 13:12
- Lipari Island

Jul 2013

Tue 30 Jul 16:18
- Straits of Messina
Mon 29 Jul 05:50
- Rounding the Sole of Italy
Sun 28 Jul 07:31
- Crossing the arch of the foot of Italy
Fri 26 Jul 07:20
- Going down the heel of Italy
Thu 25 Jul 09:38
- Arrival in Italy
Wed 24 Jul 08:03
- Heading for Italy
Sat 20 Jul 07:16
- Heading for Dubrovink
Mon 15 Jul 16:38
- Arriving in Trogir for the airport
Thu 11 Jul 16:29
- Port Zlarin
Wed 10 Jul 16:17
- Fwd: Molat Island
Tue 9 Jul 10:05
- Another wonderful bay
Sun 7 Jul 09:39
- Island of Molat
Sat 6 Jul 13:32
- Island of Silba
Fri 5 Jul 15:26
- Unije Island
Thu 4 Jul 10:00
- Pula
Wed 3 Jul 17:13
- Arrived in Croatia

Jun 2013

Mon 17 Jun 09:23
- Arriving Venice
Sat 8 Jun 08:40
- Hvar to Uvala Vinisce
Fri 7 Jun 08:38
- The Island of Hvar
Thu 6 Jun 09:53
- Cavtat to Uvala Luka, Korcula
- Chaos in Cavtat
Mon 3 Jun 15:04

May 2013

Tue 28 May 06:07
- Leaving Levkas for Paxoi
- Still in Levkas
Wed 22 May 15:16
- Messalongi to Lefkas
- Trezonia to Messalongi
Mon 20 May 15:42
- Delphia to Trizonia
- Itea
Fri 17 May 14:55
- Poros to the Corinth Canal
Thu 16 May 16:10
- Corinth Canal Area
Wed 15 May 15:18
- Poros, Greece
- Ydra, Greece
Sun 12 May 15:19
- Serfos and Yhdra Greece
Sat 11 May 15:28
- Overnight Serifos, Greece
- Lovely Paros Greece
Fri 10 May 19:36
- test 2 test 2
- Computer Genius!!
Thu 9 May 16:04
- Paros Again
Wed 8 May 16:28
- Syros view
Tue 7 May 15:53
- Arrived in Siros
Mon 6 May 17:45
- Berthed in Paroikia, Paros
Sun 5 May 07:34
- Overnight at Amorgos
Sat 4 May 15:30
- Yalikovak Departure

2012

Jul 2012

Wed 18 Jul 13:47
- Touring Fethiye Bay

Jun 2012

Thu 28 Jun 20:06
- Arrival Gocek -24 May
Sun 24 Jun 08:42
- Kas: position only
Thu 21 Jun 12:24
- Masada
Wed 20 Jun 18:32
- Ashkelon: position only
Sun 17 Jun 13:33
- Jerusalem
Sat 16 Jun 18:38
- Haifa, Israel
Fri 15 Jun 18:41
- Akko - 15th June
- Famagusta to Haifa
Sun 10 Jun 18:29
- Mersin back to Karpas Gate, Cyprus, Friday 8th June
Thu 7 Jun 09:12
- Karpas Gate, North Cyprus to Mersin Sunday 3rd June
Mon 4 Jun 13:06
- Tusucu to Girnie

May 2012

Thu 31 May 16:38
- Bozyazi to Tasucu 54NM 25May
Mon 28 May 06:07
- Alanya to Bozyazi 60NM 22nd May
Wed 23 May 15:45
- Cappadocia
Sat 19 May 16:11
- Kemerovo to Alanya Friday May 18
Thu 17 May 10:16
- From Kas to Kemer
Mon 14 May 16:20
- 36:17.6N 30:09.6E
Fri 11 May 17:28
- "36:12.30N 29:59.29E"
Wed 9 May 13:31
- Still on way to Gocek
Tue 8 May 16:00
- Heading to Gocek

2011

Jun 2011

Wed 1 Jun 17:04
- TIME TO CATCH UP FROM A HOT TURKEY

May 2011

Sat 28 May 14:28
- Greek Island of Simi
Thu 26 May 17:06
- Tony and Christine's Departure
Tue 24 May 05:39
- Wall to wall sunshine: light winds: in the mid 80's
Fri 20 May 15:44
- Hi from Turkey

2010

Jul 2010

Fri 2 Jul 14:53
- (no subject)
Thu 1 Jul 11:09
- Through Straits of Gib
- (no subject)

Jun 2010

Wed 30 Jun 19:00
- Cadiz - the tourist thing
- (no subject)
Tue 29 Jun 19:11
- (no subject)
Mon 28 Jun 18:45
- Happy Birthday Belinda!
Sun 27 Jun 17:21
- Olhao River
Thu 24 Jun 17:41
- Lagos, Back again
Wed 23 Jun 14:32
- Some Pics
Sun 20 Jun 15:00
- Crew into the shorts at last!!!
- (no subject)
Sat 19 Jun 19:20
- (no subject)
- (no subject)
- (no subject)
Fri 18 Jun 16:35
- (no subject)
- The dreaded Finisterre
Thu 17 Jun 19:29
- (no subject)
- (no subject)
- (no subject)
- They are on the move again.
Tue 15 Jun 16:17
- Greetings from La Coruna
Mon 14 Jun 08:15
- The Beagle Has Landed
Sun 13 Jun 16:34
- (no subject)
- (no subject)
Sat 12 Jun 09:11
- (no subject)
Fri 11 Jun 17:21
- On their way again!!
Wed 9 Jun 19:50
- Now at Brest
- (no subject)
- (no subject)
Tue 8 Jun 18:00
- They are on the move again!!
- Guernsey Stop
Mon 7 Jun 06:00
- (no subject)
Sun 6 Jun 22:05
- (no subject)
- (no subject)
- (no subject)
- (no subject)
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Sat 5 Jun 22:00
- (no subject)
- (no subject)
- Under Way

May 2010

Mon 17 May 12:38
- In Ipswich

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